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The City of Durham and Durham County will each establish ultrahigh bandwidth networks that connect about 100 city and county sites in 2019, officials announced Tuesday. There will be no charge to the city or county to use fiber that is part of Duke’s installations in Durham.

Student Art + Tech Fair at the Ruby

Blue Devil of the Week: A Free Spirit Finds Her Way in IT

August 6, 2018

Angie Jones of OIT keeps it fun when connecting the Duke community with technology.

Faster internet’s coming to the Triangle. Here’s who’s getting it.

August 2, 2018

By summer’s end, the Triangle’s universities, schools, hospitals and government offices will have new internet links that can move data 10 to 100 times faster than a state-of-the-art residential connection can.

Get work done with printing and labs. OIT has dozens of ePrint locations, plus physical and virtual computer labs across campus. Make your next big project amazing with specialty labs like the Co-Lab maker-space and the Multimedia Project Studio (MPS).

Set up your department using automation tools for Duke-wide IT systems. IT staff and system administrators can coordinate authorizations, virtual computing, performance monitoring, HR & finance systems, and more through automation and IT systems.

3D Printing Everywhere

Duke has one of largest 3D printing "farms" in higher education. From desk baubles to medical device prototypes, students, faculty and staff are experimenting with 3D printing and creating innovative objects. You can 3D print at no charge via the web-based system anytime. Once you have a short tutorial, submit print jobs online and pick up your creations at one of our three locations on campus.

Technology Engagement Center (TEC) - A full studio is located in the Telecom building on west campus. More than 55 3D printers from basic to very advanced are available in this fully-staffed facility.

Rubenstein Arts Center - Come visit our newest studio at the Ruby. 3D printers, a laser cutter, and an advanced sewing maching are availalbe in this student-staffed studio work space.

Lilly Library - East campus won't be left out. Lilly Library hosts a small bank of 3D printers ready for your next creation.

Diversify IT

The Diversify IT group holds networking events, discussion groups, speakers and outreach events with the mission to increase diversity in the IT workforce at Duke. Join us!

Life on the fringes: Amy Schmid talks "extremophiles"

Research Computing Minute Marvel

Amy Schmid describes her research in the 3rd domain of life, the archea of "extremophiles", bacteria-like organisms that live in high salt and other extreme environments. Oh, and she needs research computing to get the job done.